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Enron Chief Faces 10 Years in JailAndrew Fastow, the chief architect of the shady deals that brought down Enron, pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy in a deal that could take prosecutors to the top of the corporate ladder at the scandal-ridden company. |
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Earnings Reports Boost Stock MarketThe stock market this week continued its steady upward march, driven by an improved economy, solid earnings reports and unusually low interest rates, analysts said. |
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U.S. stocks rise as investors wait for earningsStocks were up slightly at midday on Monday as investors anticipated strong quarterly earnings reports later in the week. |
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Japan, U.S. to cooperate on fuel cell researchJapan and the United States have agreed to work jointly on developing hydrogen fuel cells, the U.S. government said Thursday. |
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Questions about social responsibility inundate Japanese firmsA growing emphasis on corporate social responsibility in the West is spilling over to Japan by way of questionnaires from potential partners and investors, causing headaches for company officials here. In addition to finances, Japanese businesses are being asked to explain their environmental protection policies and how they treat employees. |
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Markets end year in party modeWho would have thought in the dark days of the Iraqi war that 2003 would turn out so well? |
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Dow Climbs to Highest Level Since May 2000On the sixth day of the Christmas stock rally, the market couldn't come up with six of anything to give its true love -- unless you want to add the three points gained by the Dow Jones industrial average to the three point advance by the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index. |
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Iraq Revives Russia Oil Hope, Gets Debt Cut PledgeRussia offered to write off 65 percent of Iraq's $8 billion debt after Baghdad signaled that Moscow was in a good position to revive prewar oil contracts. |
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U.S. begins crackdown on spamA Canadian company has been caught up in a crackdown on some of the world's largest junk e-mail distributors launched in the United States yesterday by the New York State Attorney-General and Microsoft Corp. |
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More women aspiring to be doctorsFor the first time ever, women outnumbered men among people applying to U.S. medical schools for this fall -- a milestone in the slow but steady increase in the number of aspiring female doctors. |
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Oil-gas giant faces landmark trial over slavery in MyanmarThe Unocal oil company is about to become the first corporation in history to stand trial in the United States over human rights violations abroad. |
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Job growth on a hot streakThe economy created 54,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate fell, Statistics Canada said in a report that came in much better than expected and shows a nation shaking off a dismal showing in the third quarter. |
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Job growth on a hot streakThe economy created 54,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate fell, Statistics Canada said in a report that came in much better than expected and shows a nation shaking off a dismal showing in the third quarter. |
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Bush backs down on steel tariffsPRESIDENT George Bush last night avoided a major trade war as he bowed to international pressure and lifted the controversial tariffs on steel imports to the United States. |
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Corporate social responsibility
- Victory for Forests: Disney Stands Up for Endangered Forests and Animals
- Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific bans shark fins as air cargo
- Johnson & Johnson Announces a Ban on Harmful Chemicals in Products
- How Some Food Retailers Are Coming to the Rescue of Pigs
- Company Designs Bottle From Great Pacific Garbage Patch Debris
- KFC-Indonesia suspends purchases from Asia Pulp & Paper due to deforestation
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